Klarinet Archive - Posting 000656.txt from 2003/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] New Mouthpiece...was Recommendations
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 10:46:42 -0500

At 01:29 AM 2/22/2003 -0500, Vic Brincat wrote:
>I am starting to experiment with new mouthpieces.
>
>I have just purchased a brand new Vandoren 2RV. I
>noticed that I have more control on the higer register
>witheth 2RV and that I don't need nearly as much air
>to produce a good tone.Two negative things I noticed
>after using this mouthpiece for a couple of days:
>
>1. I find there is less back-pressure than with my
>other mouthpiece and I squack because I tend to want
>to push more air.
>
>2. This is a bad one. I find that with this
>mouthpiece, I leak air from the sides of my upper lip
>at ceratin times especially with stacatto passages.

My guess is that the two problems are related. I don't understand your
feeling of LESS back-pressure when it seems that you are facing INCREASED
resistance. It won't allow any more air in, and that is why you are
getting leakage (and "squeak-age"). All that pressure you are trying to
force through the mouthpiece has to go SOMEWHERE. It sounds like me when I
play my O'Brien OB*. It has a very narrow tip opening and I always feel
like I want to put MORE air in to get more volume, but it will simply not
accept any more.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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